| 03.04.2017 | WORLD Chinese, Saudi and Turkish troops for the first time joined the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23 – a momentous event, especially in the Pakistan-China bilateral relations. Pakistan Day commemorates March 23, 1940, when a resolution was passed to demand the establishment of a separate homeland to protect Muslims in …

China Throws Gauntlet at India’s ‘Strong Man’ Modi by EDITOR’S CHOICE | 08.03.2017 Hyperbole and daydreaming have been two distinguishing traits of Indian foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. The government resorts to unreal exaggeration to emphasize the real situation, while the reality gets blurred and is often substituted by a visionary fantasy, …

EDITOR’S CHOICE | 07.03.2017 Americans should pay less attention to the partisan headlines and pay more attention to the historical trend lines Throughout the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump blasted China for its protectionist trade policies, currency manipulation and a number of other accusations. Indeed, these accusations were not limited to Trump as China bashing …

Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge and Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). His latest book is Empire of Chaos 11.10.2016 Almost six years ago, President Putin proposed to Germany ‘the creation of …

Augusto SOTO | 21.01.2016 | 00:00 Over the last few weeks, the announcement of President Xi Jinping’s plan for modernizing China’s military, including building a second aircraft carrier, coupled with the recent announcement of China’s first-ever military support facility in East Africa’s Djibouti, revived the somehow repetitive but always interesting question on the …

China Voice: Ten reasons China, U.S. can avoid Thucydides Trap News | 27.09.2015 | 11:23 Xinhua – Thucydides Trap warns of the danger when a rising power comes into conflict with a ruling one — as Athens and Sparta did in the 5th century B.C. Most such confrontations have ended in war. While the 2,500-year-old …

Southern Shift, Beyond Eurasia Andrew Korybko is the political analyst and journalist for Sputnik who currently lives and studies in Moscow, exclusively for ORIENTAL REVIEW. Global Research, September 13, 2015 Oriental Review 7 September 2015 (Please read Part I before this article in order to acquire the proper background context as pertaining to the forums …